GOLDEN GRAMMAR RULES                                                                                                                                                                         Day 27

 

28. Use for, not during, to say `how long'.

We waited for six hours. (NOT We waited during six hours.)
He was ill for three weeks. (NOT He was ill during three weeks.)

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Proverb of the day

"The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill."

People tend to want whatever they don't have.

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